neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith;'so do I now .

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling: